Cullip, Scott pace SAC meet; Sault sweeps team scores

St. Ignace Sarah Cullip's last cross country race here ended the same way so many others have: with her crossing the finish line in first.

Cullip won in 19 minutes, 35 seconds, 19 seconds ahead of Cheboygan's Many Paull in a Straits Area Conference meet Tuesday at the William Lynn Trails. St. Ignace's Lilly Calcaterra finished third (20:17) to lead the Saints to a second-place finish with 74 points.

Sault High won with 54 points. Savanna Pinkoski led the Blue Devils in fifth (21:07), and Micheala Rushford was seventh (21:20). A much-improved Newberry team was third (85 points) with a meet-best three top-10 finishes: Natalie Beaulieu in sixth (21:20), Gabrielle Young in eighth (21:27) and Bridgette Stoetzer in 10th (21:32).

In the boys race, the Blue Devils placed six runners in the top 10 to easily outpace Rogers City 26-78. Parker Scott won in 16:23, Isaac Corbiere was third (17:53), Sam Burtt was fifth (17:59), Treyce Sanderson was eighth (18:12), Ethan Twardy ninth (18:17) and Henry Lopez was 10th (18:19).

Cedarville was third with 93 points, and Josh Hester led the Trojans in second (17:48). St. Ignace was fourth (106), Pickford was fifth (151), Rudyard was sixth (258), Newberry was seventh (258) and Cheboygan was eighth.

Sault Ste. Marie swept the middle school individual and team scoring. Ryan Sanderson and Andrew Farlow finished 1-2 in the boys race in 11:40 and 11:54 respectively.